H.E. BUTT GROCERY CO. v. BILOTTO

No. 04-94-00116-CV.

928 S.W.2d 197 (1996)

H.E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vinnie BILOTTO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled August 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade B. Shelton, Shelton, Lotz & Valadez, P.C., San Antonio, Wallace B. Jefferson, Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, P.C., San Antonio, for appellant.

Les Mendelsohn, Ricky Poole, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Mendelsohn, Jackson, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before the court en banc.


LÓPEZ, Justice.

Vinnie Bilotto recovered a judgment against H.E. Butt Grocery Company (HEB) for injuries Bilotto suffered as a result of a slip-and-fall accident. HEB contends, in its sole point of error, that the trial court erred in informing the jury of the legal effect of its answers by conditioning the damage question on finding Bilotto 50% or less negligent. We disagree with HEB and affirm the trial court's decision.

HEB specifically asserts that...

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